Antifriction device for cranks and pitmen.



' PATENTBD DEG, 24, 1907 W. W. NEIGHBOUR. ANTIFRICTION DEVGE FOR CRANKS AND PITMBN.-

APPLIGATIQN FILED 5123.14. 190'?` @X3i tu man n? au n m t G it Wiii he o23-se red met this or sonnen? @View fi m iss WILLIAM W. NEIGHBOUR, OF DENISON, TEXAS.

ed new and nsefni improvements in tntif ffisnlts and Pitti-ieny of e friction Devices for which the oiowinv a, specification.

rFilis invention relatos "to eran'ks and piti men for various kinds oi machinery: "1nd it Specicstion of Let-tiers Patent.

. Minn ned Mmm; 14.1991 sesamo. 35mm 7 i l i i i i 1 hasfor its o hiect to provide sn anti riction j device for the sonic vrhivxi shnii 'possess sonecrsni( arms are connected with the ings 11i rior advantages from point o sinipiicity, durshiiity and generni ciicieney; hy the use oi which oii snd other iuhticsnts may he dispensed with; sind which shell he so constructed to prevent dost end grit iront taccuino# loting in the anti-friction bearings.

`With these and other ends in vtries; whieh Wiii readily sppesr es the nature o the invcntio-n is hotter understood, 'the semeieonu sists in the iniorot'ed constinotion and novel s'mngoniest end combination of @erts which vriii he h'eroinsfter inily'desorihefi end perM tirnisriy pointed ont in the claims. i

in the des? gm-Figure i is seftionai View teiten thr'osgii orsni; sind through 'the portion of e. Pitman connected therewith, the same being equipped with enti-tsiction nearq ings constructed in accordance with he orinciples oi 'the invention. Fig. is a, demi! elevation o? e, portion ot the crank showing the smit-friction deiees.

Corresponding ports in hoth iiggtires :we de.- noted by iike characters o' reference,

The crank mins i, i and the heed I?, or the pitni'sn 3 are peovideti in their opposing isses with eil-cular recesses or sockets t and 5 wherein are fitted cii'euisr or sites i?, the opposing feces ozi which are provided with snnuisr grooves or boil reces 7 for the reception on? enti-inieton hsiis 8. The grooves or haii mees 7 of such dimensions that Jhon the heiis are in osition, the disks or oups ti Wiii he spesso soest Sinti-- cienty to permit dust, gtt, sind ohv hentiioes to structions that moy en Work ont freeiy.

l ie disks or oups 5 ere provided with the centred apertures 9 ifor the o?? boit or coninecting momher i@ W iich sise extends through corresponding apertures fifi. in the crank arms and the pitmsn 2,

s ein? to sonnent the pores;

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,it does not in any sense constitute s pivot for the intimen; the giiif'ot neon which the pitman turns being tesmed oy the enti-friction halls.

The inner ends of the crank-arms i, l are so provided wits recesses i2 fseing correspondingl recesses 13 in the ings ifi of the supporting hioeh 15; the recesses i2 snd 13 accommodate toe disks or cups which, like the disks 6 are )roviiiod with annular Grooves R5 J i n or 'bail roces i? for the anti-friction hslis,

here dcsignstedfif. The inner ends o the hy tie-bolts 1f), the heads of which, '20, are

provided with badi races 21 facing come 7o teiior surfaces ofI the lugs@ for the reception ot sinni antifriction heiis 23 which ere needed in order to permit the bolts 19 to rotate with the crank arms or members i. I

Theoperntion end sdvontsgcs of this invention mil he readily understood from the 'foregoing description teken in connection with the ,drawings hereto annexed. A rotary member such s hand Whse! or puiley 8G B to which motion isto he transmitted by 'the pit-msn or from which motion is to be transmitted through the pitmsn, is to he connected with the crank .for rotation therejnth, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. i of so or memhot' B is driven from any sonrceof 16 pon-er, the crank and pitnmn 'will serve to transmitniotion in the osnn Woll known manner to s remgiroc-tory nienihfr or hodjt The construttion i simpie ond inexpon sive; and 'the snti-irictioii members, con- 95 stl-tufted :ind arranged herein described, are thoronghigtY eiiisif-nt for the purpose for which 'they tre provided.

what is claimed is:-

in device ot' the class described, the 'R00 @ironic and the pitman heed provided with circuiti? recesses in their opposing faces, circtdar disks or oups itted in seid recesses and having similiar grooves or hail roces 1n their opposing feces, sntifiiiction hslis fitted m5 in seid grooves and spacing the disks or cups s isst., end s connecting member extending tniotiggh 'the ersnk otros end. the 'pit-mamheed, enti esie" through the disks 'or cups.

1 device o' the dess-described, s` psi? 110 .fof crank arms having circular recesses, bearJ interposed between the heads 'and the con- U.

ling; 'members lopposed t0 sal-id crunk arms meeting members and the adjacent surfaces.

sind having corresponding circular recesses, In testimony \\jhereoi`, I zrHx my signature disks-or cups fitted in said circular recesses in presence oi two witnesses.

'undimving annular grooves in the faces I f ,n i IB -R thereof, aiuti-'friction members fitted in said MJL AA LHJI 0b grooves uml spacing the dlsks apart, hendituesses:

ed eomieetin'g members extending axially SOLON S. DIRLAND, through the disks, and anti-friction ballsA ILLIAM G. NESS. 

